TIRUNELVELI
Constituency no. 38 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has an assembly constituency called TIRUNELVELI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 2004
DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN, R.
INC
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
ADK
won 4 of 14
Margin, 2004
1,67,075
26.36% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
ADMKAMIRTHA GANESAN, R.
- Votes
- 2,03,052
- Vote share
- 32.04%
- Behind by
- 1,67,075
Electors
10,86,290
Total votes polled
6,33,782
Valid votes
6,33,782
NOTA votes
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Turnout
58.3%
Full result, 2004
14 candidates · 6,33,782 valid votes
DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN, R.INCwon
3,70,127
58.4%
AMIRTHA GANESAN, R.ADMK
2,03,052
32.0%
APPAVU. MJD(U)
39,333
6.2%
SRIDHAR BABU. CIND
5,774
0.9%
KASIPANDIAN. TBSP
3,606
0.6%
THIRUMALAI NAMBI. KIND
1,904
0.3%
SHANMUGANATHAN, K.G.IND
1,650
0.3%
MUTHUKUMAR, A.IND
1,518
0.2%
SURESH. SJP
1,505
0.2%
CHINNADURAI. GIND
1,386
0.2%
SULAIMAN SAIT ALIM. AIND
1,355
0.2%
KALYANA SUNTHARAM. AIND
968
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ROBERT BRUCE C | INC | 5,02,296 | 47.06% | NAINAR NAGENTHRAN | 1,65,620 |
| 2019 | GNANATHIRAVIAM S | DMK | 5,22,993 | 50.27% | PAUL MANOJ PANDIAN | 1,85,720 |
| 2014 | PRABAKARAN.K.R.P | ADMK | 3,98,139 | 41.37% | DEVADASA SUNDARAM | 1,26,099 |
| 2009 | RAMASUBBU S | INC | 2,74,932 | 39.23% | ANNAMALAI K | 21,303 |
| 2004 | DHANUSKODI ATHITHAN, R. | INC | 3,70,127 | 58.40% | AMIRTHA GANESAN, R. | 1,67,075 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
